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HONG KONG: GOVERNMENT STUDY INTERNET
Mandarin/Nat
China intends to tighten regulation of Internet bulletin boards to prevent their abuse and improve protection of personal privacy, according to Beijing's top telecoms official.
Wu Jichuan, head of China's Ministry of...
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CHINA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DAI XIANGLONG PRESS CONFERENCE
Mandarin/Nat
China's central bank governor has played down renewed speculation about a possible devaluation of the Chinese currency.
Dai Xianglong says Beijing has no plans to allow the value of the yuan to decline in 1999, stating China...
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WORLDWIDE: WTO SUMMIT PREVIEW
English/Nat
Ministers from the 21- economy Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum say the annual summit, due to come to a head on Sunday and Monday in New Zealand, will influence the agenda on the next round of world trade...
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USA: SEATTLE: WTO SUMMIT: PROTESTS
English/Nat
A suspected break-in at the Seattle convention centre where the World Trade Organisation is holding top level meetings this week forced Monday's opening session to be postponed for four and a half hours.
Activists opposed to...
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Activist meets government officials to discuss GM foods
1. Exterior shot of French Ministry of Agriculture
2. Close up flag
3. Close up plaque of Ministry of Agriculture
4. Arrival shots of French activist Bove and delegation
5. Interior shot of Bove and his delegation meeting Alain Berger,...
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EU reaction to Airbus Boeing trade row with US
1. Exterior of EU Commission building
2. EU Commission sign
3. Set up shot Arancha Gonzalez
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Arancha Gonzalez, EU Trade Commissioner's
spokeswoman:
"The EU has today decided to take the US to the WTO over the...
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USA: 50-THOUSAND ACTIVISTS EXPECTED AT W-T-O MEETING
English/Nat
An estimated 50-thousand anti-W-T-O activists with interests ranging from Tibetan rights to sea turtles were expected in Seattle this week for what's being called "The Battle in Seattle" or "Carnival against Capitalism."
At...
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Commerce Minister comment on trade surplus with US
March 12, 2007
1. Wide of Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai and other speakers walking to stage for news conference
2. Wide of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Bo Xilai, Chinese Minister of Commerce:
"The US proposal is not in...
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WTO: INDONESIA: CONFERENCE COULD AFFECT PRICE OF NEW CARS
English/Nat
New car buyers in Indonesia are keeping a close eye on the Singapore WTO meeting because the cost of a new car could well be affected its outcome.
175 of the world's nations are gathering on Monday for the inaugural meeting...
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Intvu with WTO researcher working on bird flu vaccine
1. Various Amsterdam street scenes
2. Set up Professor Albert Osterhaus, Head of Department of Virology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Albert Osterhaus, Head of Department of Virology,...
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SWITZERLAND: DEADLOCK IN CHOOSING NEW WTO HEAD
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The World Trade Organisation, deadlocked in its attempts to choose a new director-general, has postponed its bid to reach a compromise which would see the two candidates sharing the job.
The meeting was postponed after...
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NEW Swedish PM Persson presser wraps up OECD session
1. Wide shot interior pan of press conference for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
2. Cutaway media
3. Wide shot of Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson arriving and being greeted by Koya Nishikawa,...
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G20 group of developing nations finishes meeting to discuss WTO talks
1. Pan from promenade next to Copacabana Beach to wide of Copacabana Palace Hotel
2. Medium shot of hotel entrance
3. Pan over G20 meeting inside
4. Medium shot of delegates
5. Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade...
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Russian tourists and investment in South Karelia fuels economic boom
Lake Saimaa, Finland - 8 February 2013
1. Mid of snowmobile coming towards camera
2. Close up of man riding on snowmobile
3. Wide of snowmobile on frozen Lake Saimaa
4. Tilt down of construction site for new shopping mall
5. Various of...
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WRAP US Under Secretary of State arrives for talks, Chinese govt reax
Taipei, Taiwan
1. Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian entering, shaking hands with US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Grant Aldonas
2. Photographer
3. Chen and Aldonas
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Chen Shui-bian,...
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China - USA To Back China's WTO Entry
U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said in Beijing on Sunday
(12/3) that Washington would back China's bid for entry to the
World Trade Organisation as a founder member. The announcement
followed what Kantor described as "productive...
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China-Kantor Tells Wu Yi US Will Support China Ent
Kantor tells Wu Yi US will support China entry to WTO
US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said in Beijing on Sunday
(12/3) that Washington would back China's bid for entry to the
World Trade Organisation as a founder member. The...
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WRAP President Bush speech at APEC summit
1. US President George W Bush walks into room and is greeted by Australian Prime Minister John Howard
2. Wide shot of Bush on stage
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George W Bush, US President: (includes various cutaways of Bush on...
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WTO talks collapse, poorer countries declare victory
1. Protester banging drum
2. Protesters dancing
3. Close up of Korean protester giving thumbs up
4. Koreans cheering
5. Activists inside conference centre chanting "power to the people"
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Walden Bello, Focus on the...
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USA: SEATTLE: ANTI WTO DEMONSTRATION/RIOTS LATEST
English/Nat
Thousands of protesters shut down the opening session of a global trade conference in Seattle on Tuesday.
When what had started as a peaceful anti-W-T-O demonstration got out of control, authorities were forced to declare a...
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Farmers urge G20 not to let WTO agreement undermine food security
1. Mid of banner reading: "Farmers call for coherence"
2. Wide of news conference room
3. Close-up of reporter writing on computer
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Paolo Bruni, President, COGECA (European Farm Association):
''All the countries in...
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Anti-WTO demonstrations in Bangkok
1. Farmers on trucks and walking with banners
2. Various of demonstrators marching
3. Demonstrators carrying bags of jasmine rice
4. Demonstrators gathered around platform
5. Close up of man holding Scythe and banner with "Shut Down WTO"...
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Bilateral meetings ahead of APEC talks
1. Chinese President Hu Jintao, seated next to Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, stands and walks to stage
2. Hu crosses stage to podium
3. Crowd applauding
4. Hu at podium
5. Hu giving speech
6. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Hu Jintao,...
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CHINA: WILLIAM DALEY CALLS FOR TRADE SURPLUS CUTS (2)
English/Nat
As a precursor to the Chinese president's visit to the United States, Commerce Secretary William Daley has been talking tough on trade issues in Beijing.
The U-S Commerce Secretary told China on Wednesday its rapidly growing...